Thursday, April 27, 2017

Stephen Shimmans and His Owl on the Tattooed Poets Project

Stephen told us "I chose this tattoo design as I consider myself solitary, and possess
many qualities associated with the owl ... Wisdom, sharp eyes, graceful and
determined."He shared the following poem, "Battle Grounds," as well:

Temples have been razed to the ground

Idols have perished in the vapid heat of
orange flames.

Tongues severed, men crucified in the
arid desert.

Waning clemency a virtuous humanisation.

It casts a pall like a pale veil that
enshrouds.

Gifting both intriguing mystery and
smokeless ignorance.

Clicking triggers

Triggers
clicking.

Blanc

Blank

Mars Zeus
Odin

Under the glimmering belt of Orion

Ursus roar

Savage animal is man

Behest of any redemption or realisation

Dishonour and faux camaraderie

Watch the setting sun sink below

Twilight

Swinging and swooning on the star
strings.

The arrows fly yet bite

The sword gleams but kills

Renders flesh

Cleaving limbs

Crushing bones.

Called
to King

To
die for country.

The reaping reavr reaps that which he
shall sow

Seeds of wheat and buck

The ale inebriates, dulls life pain

Dull mendacity sour despair and
disbelief.

Father-less child

Retreat in defeat.

Blood
soaked emblems flap defiantly against a cold breeze.

Brothers
who fell in battle shall love nevermore.

The
reaper calls with scythe in hand,

To
collect the bounty,

To
collect the wood from our crosses we bear.

~ ~ ~

Stephen Shimmans tells us he is a 29- year old father of three boys and "married to the most wonderful
woman on earth." He likes to spend time wrestling with the children and
exploring local country parks. He completed a degree in English and
Creative Writing at Salford University in greater Manchester, UK. He has had a pamphlet of poetry, entitled Roots, published with Erbacce Press.Thanks to Stephen for sharing his tattoo and poem with us here on the Tattooed Poets Project!

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